Two types of users are targeted to jump-start your application development:

Experienced with programmable DSP (either TI or other) and want to add multimedia
functionality to an existing or new product/system

Experienced in video with a background in analog or fixed function hardwired
chipsets/ASIC/SOC with minimum experience in writing target DSP software,
and who want to use a fully software programmable DSP to increase the performance,
flexibility and functionality of a video & imaging system.

This comprehensive development kit contains a PCI form factor DM642 Evaluation Module (EVM),
a complete set of
eXpressDSP
host development tools and target software, an
XDS560
high speed advanced emulator, NTSC or PAL camera and cables. The DMDK enables you to:

DSP/BIOS™ is a scalable real-time kernel and has been proven in thousands of customer designs.
As an integral part of the Code Composer Studio™ Development Tools, DSP/BIOS requires no runtime
license fees. It enables you to develop and deploy sophisticated applications more quickly than with
traditional DSP software methodologies and eliminates the need to develop and maintain custom operating
systems or control loops.

The
Device Driver Kit (DDK) provides you with ready to use DSP/BIOS device drivers for TI DSP
peripherals and working examples to develop your own device drivers so you can spend more time developing
your application to differentiate your product.

Initial low-level design decisions are eliminated when using the eXpressDSP
Reference Framework
5 (RF5) because it provides a getting started solution in the early stages of application development.
This easy-to-use source code is common to many applications. RF5 is designed to handle anywhere from
1 to 100+ channels of data, and from 1 to 100+ different algorithms. It makes maximal use of several
of the advanced DSP/BIOS capabilities such as the task module (TSK) and semaphore module (SEM). This
allows truly dynamic, multi-channel, multi-rate operation where any channel can block any other channel.
Streams like audio and video can easily be mixed together. The latest
algorithms that comply with the TMS320
DSP Algorithm Standard
from over one hundred TI third parties can be quickly and easily integrated into the
included starterware to accelerate your evaluation and development of digital media solutions.

The
XDS560™ Emulator is a PCI-based next-generation emulator that supports high-speed RTDX on enabled
processor for real-time data transfer rates of over 2 MB/s, to provide an unparalleled level of real-time
visibility into an executing application to assist developers in debugging real-time systems. It increases
productivity through faster start up for larger applications by enabling code download speeds of up to more
than 500 KB/s.

The EVM Baseboard has extensive daughter card interface expansion capabilities
for memory, peripheral and video port expansion. Three expansion connectors can be
used to accept plug-in daughter cards to allows users or third parties to build on the
EVM to extend its capabilities and provide customer and application specific
I/O.